A review by grayxen
Beethoven's Shadow by Jonathan Biss

3.0

this doesn't seem like a subject a book should be about since the only people who would enjoy it are probably genius young musicians like the author. it seems more like academic forum discussion material. i don't see many people relating to his passion for pieces of music. he comes across as obsessed and one-dimensional - like a savant almost. he knows everything about classical music and doesn't know or want to know about anything else. there are many other wonderful things one can be passionate about in life instead of being stuck overthinking every note in every concerto for decades. it does however help those of us who don't constantly focus on classical music understand it from a different perspective.